The Beheaded Rooster (2007)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 40分
演出 : Radu Gabrea, Marijan David Vajda
脚本 : Radu Gabrea, Bert Koß
シノプシス
A moving coming of age story in a time of extreme change: on August 23, 1944 in a small city in Romanian Transylvania, the 16 year old Felix Goldschmidt awaits his classmates for their traditional Exitus Party (school graduation). However, this very day the kingdom of Romania takes leave of its ally of many years - Nazi Germany - thus ending the 800 year old, highly successful story of ethnic German immigration at the feet of the Carpathian Mountains. It is a great story of young people's blindness to the rise of Fascism, the destruction of bourgeois values, a first love and shattered friendships.
アメリカ西部の原野、ハンターのヒュー・グラスは狩猟の最中に熊の襲撃を受けて瀕死の重傷を負うが、同行していた仲間のジョン・フィッツジェラルドに置き去りにされてしまう。かろうじて死のふちから生還したグラスは、自分を見捨てたフィッツジェラルドにリベンジを果たすべく、大自然の猛威に立ち向かいながらおよそ300キロに及ぶ過酷な道のりを突き進んでいく。
It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. But as Brent's rise and demands for more money put him at odds with his boss, he also attracts the attention of a rival producer and his unstable lover who will stop at nothing to squash Cobra Video and steal its number one star.
好調なうちに裏社会から足を洗おうと決意した名もなき麻薬ディーラー(ダニエル・クレイグ)。ある日、彼は裏社会の大御所エディ(マイケル・ガンボン)の麻薬中毒の娘を捜し出すよう命令される。さらに、あるギャングが手に入れた100万錠のエクスタシーを売りさばくことになった彼は、この2つの仕事を最後に引退しようとするが……。
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
アメリカ南部の世間から隔絶された女子寄宿学園に暮らす美しき女性7人。ある日、負傷した北部の敵兵に遭遇し屋敷へと運び手当をする。女性に対し紳士的でかつ美しい男性と触れ合う中で、誰もが彼に心を奪われていく。しかし、次第に彼女たちは惰欲と危険な嫉妬に支配されてしまう。秩序を守るか、欲望を取るか、彼女たちが最後に下した決断とは。
本作は、宗教心の強い母親に守られている内気な少女キャリー・ホワイトが、卒業パーティーで無理をした結果、小さな町に念動力の恐怖をもたらすという古典的なホラーストーリーを再構築したものです。
ヘンリー・ヒル、1943年ブルックリン生まれ。大物ギャング、ポーリーのアジトで育った彼は、物心ついた頃からマフィアに憧れていた。やがて念願の"グッドフェローズ"の仲間となり、"強奪"専門のジミー、野心旺盛なチンピラ、トミーと共に犯罪に犯罪を重ねていく。が、麻薬に手を出したことから育ての親、ポーリーに見放され、さらにジミーたちが起こした600万ドル強奪事件を追うCIAの捜査の手もヘンリーに迫る。
エベニザー・スクルージ(ジム・キャリー)は、部下の事務員(ゲイリー・オールドマン)や甥(コリン・ファース)に怒鳴り散らし、クリスマス・イブの日も、周囲に温かい言葉ひとつかけることもなく、金勘定に勤しんでいた。しかし、クリスマスの精霊が彼の目の前に現れ、自分の過去、現在、未来を巡る旅へと連れ出され、埋もれた真実を知っていく。そしてスクルージは、嫌われ者だった自分を見つめ直し、心を開こうとする…。
1860年代。マサチューセッツ州で暮らすマーチ家の4姉妹は南北戦争に出征中である父親の無事を祈るが、作家を目指す次女ジョーはニューヨークに引っ越す。四女エイミーはパリに行き、幼なじみのローリーと再会するが、ローリーはジョーを相手に失恋した過去があった。長女メグはローリーの家庭教師からのプロポーズを受け、彼と結婚。やがて三女ベスの病気が悪化したと知ったジョーは、急いでマサチューセッツに舞い戻り……。
現代のサンフランシスコ。とある部屋で、マスコミでのし上がろうとする野心的な若者クリスが、漆黒の髪の美青年ルイへインタビューを始めたが、その内容は驚くべきものだった。18世紀末の米ニューオリンズ。フランス移民のルイは当時25歳。最愛の妻と娘を亡くして絶望する彼に、美貌の吸血鬼レスタトが近づく。彼は、人間らしく揺れ動く繊細な魂のルイに興味を覚え、永遠の命を共にする伴侶として彼を選ぶ。
第2次世界大戦中のドイツ。脱走不可能と謳われた捕虜収容所から、連合軍兵士250名が前代未聞の脱出計画を図る……。実際に集団脱走に加わっていたポール・ブリックヒルによる原作をもとにした、不朽の名作映画。
トルコ発フランス行きの寝台列車オリエント急行で、富豪ラチェットが刺殺された。教授、執事、伯爵、伯爵夫人、秘書、家庭教師、宣教師、未亡人、セールスマン、メイド、医者、公爵夫人という目的地以外は共通点のない乗客たちと車掌をあわせた13人が、殺人事件の容疑者となってしまう。そして、この列車に乗り合わせていた世界一の探偵エルキュール・ポアロは、列車内という動く密室で起こった事件の解決に挑む。
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The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
18世紀の英国。公爵家に嫁いだジョージアナは美貌のファッショニスタとしてセレブ界を魅了。だが公爵にとって、妻は男子後継者を産むだけの存在でしかなく、彼女の親友エリザベスを愛人に迎える。屈辱にひたすら耐えるジョージアナは、孤独な肉体を癒すように若き政治家とのスキャンダラスな愛に堕ちていく…
夫と従僕を亡くして心を閉ざしていたヴィクトリア女王が、インドから来た青年との交流で人生の明るさを取り戻して……。英国女王の晩年を輝かせた真実の秘話をジュディ・デンチ主演で描いたハートフル・ストーリー。
マイク・ニューウェル監督、リリー・ジェイムズ主演によるファンタジック・ミステリー。1冊の本をきっかけに“ガーンジー島の読書会”のメンバーと交流するようになった女性作家が体験する不思議な物語を描く。
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.
作家のチャールズ・ディケンズは執筆した小説が売れずに 出版社から契約を打ち切られる。彼は自費出版で作家を続けようと決意し、クリスマス・イヴを舞台に過去・現在・未来を旅する奇想天外な小説「クリスマス・キャロル」の執筆にとりかかる。
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